ONBOARD IMAGE GENERATOR

摘要

An onboard image generator is provided. The onboard image generator includes a first camera capturing an image in front of or behind a vehicle, and a second camera and a third camera capturing images on right and left sides of the vehicle, respectively. Based on the images captured by the second and third cameras, a first viewpoint converter generates a set of symmetrical viewpoint conversion images shaped viewed toward the front or rear of the vehicle from a pair of parallel virtual viewpoints. Based on the image captured by the first camera, a center image generator generates a center image. A combined image generator generates a combined image by arranging the center image in a center of and arranging the set of viewpoint conversion images besides the center image.

主权项

1. An onboard image generator comprising:
a first camera that captures an image in front of or behind a vehicle in a travel direction of the vehicle; a second camera and a third camera that capture images on right and left sides of the vehicle, respectively; a first viewpoint conversion unit that, based on the images captured by the second camera and the third camera, generates a set of viewpoint conversion images shaped symmetrical to each other and viewed toward the front or rear of the vehicle in the travel direction of the vehicle from a pair of virtual viewpoints having parallel visual axes that are different than visual axes of the second camera and the third camera; a center image generation unit that, based on the image captured by the first camera, generates a center image used for generation of a combined image; and a combined image generation unit that generates the combined image by arranging the center image generated by the center image generation unit in a center of the combined image and arranging the set of viewpoint conversion images generated by the first viewpoint conversion unit besides the center image.